Off The Record

One of the most exciting acts on the 2014 Listen Out lineup, UK duo Bondax, have revealed a Sydney sideshow. Recently they’ve been smashing it on some of the biggest stages around the world, including festival appearances at Bestival, Creamfields and Beacons. This is also their debut voyage Down Under so I wouldn’t expect tickets to last long. They’ll be playing live at the Oxford Art Factory on Thursday October 2. Now all I’m waiting for is a Four Tet sidey, can someone please make this happen? Please?

Tour rumours: a little birdie has told me that Detroit techno don Juan Atkins will be returning to Sydney next March, which will no doubt appease fans after his Australian tour in 2013 had the pin pulled at the eleventh hour due to health concerns. Word on the grapevine is that Modeselektor and Apparat’s electronic super group Moderat have locked in a summer visit, while the one and only Flying Lotus is said to have confirmed a return in early 2015.

More Detroit techno goodness: Jeff Mills has directed, scored and written a new film titled Life To Death And Back as part of his ongoing residency for Le Louvre in Paris. The film explores “the Ancient Egyptian walk through life to death and reincarnation,” and will be released next March. He’s also just announced another film, The Exhibitionist 2, which is a sequel to his 2004 film which focuses on his live performances. He’ll be in Australia mid-next month, Sydney date still to be confirmed.

This week’s best releases: Tin Man’s latest full-length Ode (on Acid Test) proves that he can do no wrong, Recondite’sCaldera (on Hotflush) is super tight, while other must-listens include Kim Brown’s Somewhere Else It’s Going To Be Good (on Just Another Beat) and Novacom and Basin’s self-titled split (on Slumdiscs). Oh, and that new Aphex Twin record? Thumbs up.

Releases to look forward to: Xosar has just released the first snippet of her upcoming full-length BOP004 (Opal Tapes). The track is called The Pit and it is fucking ballistic in the best possible way. Get hyped – it drops in December. Next month will also see Gunnar Haslam release his sophomore record Mirrors And Copulation on the seminal L.I.E.S. imprint.